Paternal Family Tree: Holles
On 9th March 1607 Gervase Holles was born to [his father] Frescheville Holles of Grimsby. He was baptised on 13th March 1607 at Grimsby.
On 10th May 1630 [his father] Frescheville Holles of Grimsby died.
In 1636 Gervase Holles (age 28) was elected Mayor of Grimsby.
In 1638 Gervase Holles (age 30) was elected Mayor of Grimsby.
In April 1640 Gervase Holles (age 33) was elected MP Grimsby in the Short Parliament.
In November 1640 Gervase Holles (age 33) was elected MP Grimsby in the Long Parliament.
Before 8th June 1642 Gervase Holles (age 35) and Elizabeth Molesworth were married.
On 8th June 1642 [his son] Freschville Holles was born to Gervase Holles (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Molesworth.
In 1661 Gervase Holles (age 53) was elected MP Grimsby which seat he held until his death in 1675.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th September 1667. After dinner comes [his son] Sir Fr. Hollis (age 25) to me about business; and I with him by coach to the Temple [Map], and there I 'light; all the way he telling me romantic lies of himself and his family, how they have been Parliamentmen for Grimsby, he and his forefathers, this 140 years; and his father (age 60) is now: and himself, at this day, stands for to be, with his father, by the death of his fellow-burgess; and that he believes it will cost him as much as it did his predecessor, which was £300 in ale, and £52 in buttered ale; which I believe is one of his devilish lies.
On 28th May 1672 [his son] Freschville Holles (age 29) died at the Battle of Solebay at which he was in command of the Cambridge. He was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map] in an unmarked grave.
On 10th February 1675 Gervase Holles (age 67) died.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Holles
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Scopham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scopham
GrandFather: Gervase Holles
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Denzell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Denzell
Father: Frescheville Holles of Grimsby